This article explores the connection between the Ape Kattiya art circle, which emerged in Sri Lanka in the late 1950s, and the counter-cultural movement that arose after the Second World War II. Ape Kattiya was a group ...

Film is a powerful medium for education, social awareness, and cultural expression. Although access to this cultural source is often unequal, particularly in developing countries such as Sri Lanka, urban-rural divides ...

Tourism has emerged as a transformative force in plantation communities, reshaping livelihoods and socio-cultural practices. The Blue Field Division in Ramboda, Nuwara Eliya, historically rooted in tea plantation labour, ...

Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly transforming study practices; however, Sri Lankan universities provide only limited, discipline-specific guidance on its appropriate use, creating uncertainty for both students and ...

The role of government and public service institutions is to fulfil the citizens’ needs and provide services. Despite these efforts, a noticeable decline in public trust and respect toward the functioning of such ...

The Grade Five Scholarship Examination (GCE) in Sri Lanka is a high-stakes assessment that significantly influences primary school students’ academic development. This study examines the academic, social, and psychological ...

This article examines the readers’ reception of the 2022 Booker Prize-winning novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida among English readers in the world. Empirically informed by 6,194 English reviews posted online, this ...

Under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Sino-Sri Lankan cooperation has deepened significantly. This study provides a meaningful exploration of China’s national image as perceived in Sri Lanka through its mainstream ...

The high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative relies not only on the robust support of “hard connectivity" in policy, infrastructure, trade, and finance, but also on the consolidation of the “soft connectivity" ...

Against the background of the integration of the Education Power Strategy and the “Belt and Road” Initiative, Sino-Sri Lankan cooperative education serves as a core carrier for educational connectivity between the two ...